(06 Jan 2024, 1:13 pm)Coastliner700 wrote I see an E200 on the 38 and think exactly the same. It is the highest profit making division besides Manchester so seems completely wrong it has such an aging fleet. If anything the new buses should have been extra not replacing things.
Then I see the 18 a double decker carrying 10 people if lucky. I know what the contract states and maybe 1/2 journeys require them not the entire day but it’s a complete waste of double deckers especially at the weekend when an E200 would be ideal. That won’t be helping the situation.
It does make you wonder why Walkergate still have 8 E200s for the 317 which have a PVR of 5, but frequently has E300/E400s allocated to the 317. And you've got 27631 at Shields? which I can't understand why its there since it can't be used on the X34. Would make more sense sending it to Sunderland, 27726 to Walkergate and 36468 to Shields. Not ideal but an E300 is better than an E200.
To tidy up the E200s would also make more sense sending 36467 back to Hartlepool, 36979 to Sunderland and 36478 to Shields.